Prince Cafe

This place is dirty and shady! Their hookah is ok. Service was below poor on both my visits.

Booooo. Noooooo they shut me and my friends favorite hookah place down. I guess people was getting too rachet. I saw a guy a customer who brought the hookah thing outside and the co worker came outside to get it .
I hope they didn’t shut down for good and they are just doing renovations :(
Please come back. We will miss you

I use to love coming here but unfortunately it’s not worth the price they really try to overcharge you if you are not paying attention to your bill. They have been called out on this numerous times but I can only imagine how much profit they have made on people who do not pay attention. I liked this place because of the food, dance floor and hookah. The cover charge is ridiculous and be prepared to pay attention to your bill!

What in the world??? Do not waste your time or money. The only way this is a good spot is if you want the feel of dirt and phantom bugs crawling on you. I was not pleased with the atmosphere. The hookahs were broken and had tape on them. Needless to say, we did not stay. We scoped the place and headed out. Super sketch.

When I was pooling in right in front of the café, for a minute I thought it was a closed out business but then I saw a head inside. I got in there was only one customer and there was a grompy man standing behind the dark counter. He told me that I should order at the counter before sitting, the guy seemed like he just wake up from sleep, it was funny that the menu was fixed on the dark counter table and I had to use my phone light to see it, they didn’t have the flavor I wanted and whatever they have was $ 20. The guy was so grompy all along and his attitude was pushing rather than inviting. No wonder it’s empty I said for myself while walking out.

DO NOT ENTER. 0 STARS. If you know how hookahs are done, don’t even think about entering this place. They’ve the worst hookahs ever, no flavor, no smoke. Old equipments. Try taking puffs as hard as you want but it just won’t work as it should.
I got in coz this was the only hookah place open after 0200hrs. Even if it’s late and you think about entering this place as it’s the only place open that time, do yourself a favor just go back to your home/​hotel/​dorm/​my place or wherever but DON’T ENTER THIS PLACE, NOT EVEN TO TRY HOOKAH if you are for the first time. You will never try hookah after trying here as that’ll just change your perception about hookahs. PEACE.

Please do yourself a favor and stay away from this hookah bar. If you do go in you must sign a waiver which states that your a dumb ass lol.

Best way to describe this place? Dark and creepy. and that’s just the staff. (although I am inclined to agree with another Unilocaler that this place is «gas station gross»)
We came in and this huge middle eastern guy wordlessly rose and walked to the register. If this were a movie, he’d definitely be some kind of «enforcer». He used the absolute bare minimum of words possible to complete our transaction. Not sure if the chill was coming from the door immediately behind us or the icy glare of this guy, but we hastily decided on the Jasmine hookah and quickly found ourselves a table.
The «café» is a dim room with mangy, worn and holey upholstery. The ceiling tiles are visibly molded and severely water damaged; I was just waiting for a roach to crawl up the wall or a mouse to scamper over my foot. The whole place just screams «smoke your hookah and get the hell outta here». And that’s only if the off-​putting nature of the staff doesn’t clearly convey the message first. The game was a welcome distraction from how icky the place was, but even that only lasted so long.
On the upside, the jasmine hookah was very good. It would have been nice to have a cup of tea or coffee to help take the chill off. I don’t even know if this place serves food or drink (I mean, it does say «café» in the name) but after taking a peek behind the curtain into their kitchen area, there’s no way I would eat anything from here. I barely wanted to put my lips on the hose when they brought the hookah to our table. Other readers said that the staff came over and changed their charcoal for them; must have been nice. Didn’t happen for us.
As much as we enjoyed the hookah, this place doesn’t exactly give off the «sit a spell» vibe, so we got out of there before the charcoal was out. Honestly, the joint looks like the middle eastern mafia does «business» in the back. I had to pee so bad while we were there but I was so scared that I might trip over a body or find blood in the sink. I would have hated to walk through the wrong door and see something that I was not supposed to see, so I decided to hold it until we got somewhere safer.
A coat of paint, new ceiling tiles, some Lysol, upgraded light fixtures and new upholstery would do wonders for this joint. A smile or two would also make this place not quite so frightening.
I would definitely smoke hookah again, but not here.

AVOID THIS PLACE, I’m not sure what they really do, but definitely hooka lounge is not their business. I ordered orange mint and they gave me a double apple hooka !!! With the orange mint head, and a dirty used disposable hose !!! And charged me for $ 22 !!!
Very dirty place and terrible customer service. one star is too good for them.

Yes I would not recommend this place. The only up side is yes it’s open until 5 but I agree with everyone else. Hole in the wall. Not even the college crowd should want to hang here.

Would not recommend this to anyone. The place isnt well kept and is quite dirty. Dont waste your money.

This place really isn’t clean, and honestly looks like its on its last leg. However, I seem to come back every once in a while. They did serve food, but now they don’t I don’t know what happened with that. When I did order food it was always decent. The music is usually great, and the hookah is great and they always come by to switch my coals, which is all I could really ask for when it comes to a hookah bar.

This place is a true hole in the wall. I should have known better to come here when the number on the website and Unilocal was disconnected. This place has the feel of an underground spot where you get cocaine, heroin and other drugs. There are mold stains on the ceiling and there are patches where the ceiling looks as if it is about to cave in. I’m literally waiting for a few four-​legged friends to come join the party in this dirty «bar». I wonder if this place has ever had a state inspection. It looks as if it should be condemned. The owners ought to be ashamed of this place. You can truly see where they place their value by looking around. I guess it’s smart to get a run down room, throw a couple of second hand tables and chairs together and old TVs and watch the college kids come in! Owners-​put a few dollars in this run down hell hole.

Total rip off, you can a whole tub of high quality sheesha including (star-​buzz, and al fabablalba) for 20 dollars. This guy is charging 20 dollar per bowl, total insanity. Hope he either changes the price to something not ridiculous or is shut down on account of no business. ZERO STARS

We did not heed the warnings of previous reviews, and as such lost $ 25 to this poophole. The hookah tasted terrible, and honestly the air smelled terrible when we walked in. We’re thinking either they use bad tobacco or use bleach to clean their hookas. When we approached the owners about the bad tasting hookah and asked for a refund or new hookah one got mad while the other got a look like ‘oh not this again’. There’s another hookah bar down the road called Café Hookah that is a million times better and infinitely less skanky. Please, please don’t make the same mistake we did.

To be entirely honest, one star is an overrating. The service was completely terrible. I came here with 2 of my friends and we were required to pay at the door, otherwise I would not have paid. The «owner» of this hookah bar had an attitude when we asked simple questions regarding their prices then after our first coal burned out we had to approach him to receive another. Instead of heating it for us he gave us a roll of coals and said «put it on there.» After we inform him we aren’t able to assemble the second coal with out heating it, he comes over and places the coal on top of the burned out coal/​ashes. After a slight complaint he does reheated the coal for us…
Then the hours for today, Monday, are displayed as till 3am. He comes and tells us they are closed before our new coal even began to draw smoke. He said «As owner I can close whenever I want.» I asked politely for half of my money back seeing as how we only were able to smoke one coal.
At the end of the day I would never recommend this place and a potential business owner myself, I can say this is a failing business and a rip off. Go at your own risk.

This place really really was below any expectation I can possibly have for a place. In all rightness I should be giving it 1 star, but I’m adding an extra star because they were polite enough and replaced the hooka coal (although I can’t say whether we were charged for that cause my friend paid the bill).
First, despite a link to a menu on the Unilocal page and a sign outside saying «felafel,» there is NO FOOD here. Nothing. Maybe they’ve had their food operation shut down by the health department and its recent? I don’t know. Just know, we got there and they said no food. As far as drinks, they have 3 sodes (coke, sprite and fanta — I think) but no diet coke or diet sprite, seriously. We ended up getting tea, served in stained cups, but by that point I was beyond caring about cleanliness. The hooka itself was decent. The tables and chairs were chipped and dirty. I had to wipe my seat off before I sat down.
Ok, so I ask myself, how is this place still open? And why? And where do the college students at Md go to get a hooka? The other option shut down in the last year or so. My theory: This place is a front for something else — it has to be. They are making sure they have no customers. Police should keep an eye on this one. You have to work to be this bad. So no reason to ever go here. Ever. Seriously. Unless you work for the DEA or FBI.

Please allow me to begin by explaining that every Prince Café in the DC area has been steadily increasing their prices much to the dismay of their perpetual customers (I was one of them). To add to that dismay… it seems as though Prince Café is running out of certain menu items. They never seem to have Lassis, certain teas, and a lot more items that I don’t remember well enough to list here (although they’re clearly on the menu). On top of THAT… this place has the audacity to include a «gratuity» charge (if gratuitous is a word one can describe the service) without telling you. It is as if they’re trying to con you out of another 15% tip if you don’t catch that DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!
So let me get this straight, Prince Café, you’re running out of menu items that are clearly written on the menu, you discreetly charge a «gratuity» fee, and you’re raising prices on sheesha? Hmm… could you please explain to me the logic of your business model?
I chose to review this particular Prince Café for one reason alone: the servive is abhorrent. Once, I remember, I had ordered a Gyro and the waiter came with a falafel. I made note of this and he told me to «just eat it.» Literally. I won’t go into further details about this experience but if you are compelled to go to a Prince Café (for whatever reason), go to the one in Tenley Town which has MUCH BETTER SERVICE.
Further advice for students of my alma mater and all else: for a casual hookah experience GO TO MOSAIC. If you want to buy hookah coals and tobacco GO TO THE BAMBOO EATER. I am beyond grateful that Prince Café’s monopoly in CP is being challenged. Finally, remember the «gratuity»…don’t tip them unless you’re given a consensual and creep– less back rub and a pedicure, which, I know, they will not do any time soon. Oh… and did I mention the mandatory cover charge?

I was so upset to find out that I was out of shisha tobacco late on Sunday night and was even more bummed to find out that all my usual hookah supply spots were closed. Much to my surprise, when I called Prince Café in College Park, they said they were open until 3am on Sunday! I was overjoyed. When I got there there were a few people enjoying their meals and smoking hookah. I asked if I could buy a package of the tobacco to take home and the man working there showed me a large variety of flavors of Starbuzz I had never even seen before (and I’ved been smoking hookah for a few years now). They had one canister of Blue Mist left, my favorite flavor. They also had Blueberry, Pink, White Grape, Classic Cola, etc. While a tad bit expensive ($ 30 a can!) they were there when I needed them.

This is probably one of the worst hookah bars of all time. But when I run out of coals and shisha for my hookah at home, where else can I get ripped off for replacements? It beats driving to the Columbia mall.